Donnie

Made a reel of a few old videos and another new one. 35e2b4b632cf4308b2375c566bcbf482.mp4

Over size firewood today. Splitting oversize down to fit in a processor. Now that the fella I work for on weekends has this trailer takes away the need to hand ball it. 127a5ead6e8e40188756566e91c5355f.mp4

I've bought them today so will see how they go. I'm sure it'll be better than no spikes/rubber soles. Cost me 400 pound, can't really complain. They were 280 for the vibram ones. Here's a video taken off my work mates phone the other day as well. cb9f6da5-7b78-4f45-8c19-ea149d503286.mp4

I have the technical Husqvarna hard hat and was looking to get coms for when I'm brashing/felling and soon to be high leading. For music when brashing etc. Looking at these Husky ones but I'm not actually sure if this has the mic or if it comes seperate. Any recommendations? Will be used for forestry work

Get it just for that mate. You'll find info on there, more than what's here. This forum is mainly arborists and tree surgeon, that page I've sent you is just full of forestry cutters and loads of stuff on there. Well worth it.

I pmed you @Roebus about an FB page.

I think I'm just gonna buy these by the end of summer. Sick of falling over every log I walk across 😂

@Spruce Pirate @slack ma girdle Looking to screw in spikes into my Haix boots. Tried fishing wader spikes and they all fell out. Do you guys use anything? Either that or I'll bite the bullet one day and order these...

This doesn't half get a hold when jacking. Class well worth it

Hahaha. Welded up some 1 inch mesh onto my plate. See if that will get a better hold on the butt of the log. Here's one of 25 outsiders I had to sned out today. Didn't fell them just there to sned...

Cut my jack seat badly today and this happened. Harvester even struggled to push it over haha

We go as far up as Erskine Bridge ways Auchentourlie, and Dumfries and Galloway and Argyll (not yet been to Bute but it will come. Apparently the wood is amazing). Can you send a photo of the top of your plate mate?

Photos never do it justice. It doesn't look that hairy in the photo but I bet it was heavy 😂 I've seen a few people weld mesh onto there plates so it gets a right good hold of the butt, have you ever seen that? @Spruce Pirate Also where are you cutting about in the UK?

Hardhead wedges or Stubai wedges. Check out Chris Forestry on Google. He has everything on there

Fair enough my Stihl one fits into mine. What wedges are they?

Some days are grand and feel like an absolute king and other days you just want to throw the saw in the van and head. But that's like any other job really haha. Defos worth putting the 600 quid for the windblow course towards a saw and getting some work. First saw I'd say get a 562XPG. They're a little soft but they can do everything, brash, fell steep ground and they will fell outside edge trees if you aren't afraid to ring it's neck. Great for snedding and it's light as. Good starter saw and 2 years warranty. Only posting here because I was the same until I got a start, and I was useless when I first started and aw the boys I work with probably will say I still am. 😂

Get the vice in the combi can pocket 😀

Wouldn't bother doing wind blow course until you've got on with big trees and know your way around a saw. Been handcutting 6 months in forestry in Scotland and don't have my windblow ticket yet but done a bit of cutting them off the stump etc but doesn't seem to be a big demand for the ticket at money company as we have harvesters etc. A lot of forestry/saw work is a thing called 'brashing' which really is boring but it's fairly easy. Not always felling trees. Made a million mistakes so far and will probably make a million more as always learning. Good job to be in though, worth doing. Bit common for me to be doing at least 40 miles to work then 40 back, sometimes 100 then 100 back in a day. You will ruin a van, spend a lot of saws, tickets, ppe and diesel. If you are doing it solely for money then don't bother. You have to want to do it and have a big interest in doing it otherwise there really is not much point as things are so expensive. Just my thoughts after 6-7 months doing so. HW Training are good as well. Did my small trees with them.

One from the day.

Hey mate. I use a 20mm plate 100x100 with a bit of pipe on the end of it so it doesn't fly off the jack all the time. Have to use it, even on some of the big hairy ones which are far worse than the ones here it will push the plate into the butt of the log.

Lost 2 stone since scaffolding and on the saw so I'd hope not 😂

A few photos from the past 6 months or so. Some are a bit shite but getting better. EAC158AB-0939-4150-9235-CED11626E23D.mov

Posted my own thread cheers

Forestry woodcutter, from the Scottish Borders. Here's a few copied from my Instagram: https://instagram.com/jfdonaghy7?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== f464390a11474bc79a86e194c3c932fc.mp4 a9fcdeb88fee4ebaa456e2355ed3d370.mp4 af54f1fe1bc840779725cf3390e41a73.mp4 1abb3293913843ef81d4df94d8121360.mp4 230e4af897454fdbb95765cf61a59bab.mp4 0b694b8c58594dfc9e3a0c57d89acf47.mp4 6dadce47d9c74f61b02dd56d87ab6148.mp4

I'll post them all tonight then. Where should i post them?